The PRIDE BAND will host the 52nd annual OZARKO Marching Band Festival on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Plaster Sports Complex.  The event will begin at 8:45am. Twenty-six local and regional high school bands from Missouri and Oklahoma will be participating in the event. The Pride Marching Band will perform in exhibition at 4:45pm, following preliminary competition.  Finals competition will begin at 5:45pm.  The awards ceremony for finals competition will be at 10:30pm.

The festival will bring approximately 2,500 high school bandsmen and an additional 5,000 spectators to campus.

The following parking lots will be utilized for school bus and equipment truck parking: #4, #18, #19, #20, #20A, and #25.  Signs will be posted at the lot entrances on Friday, October 4 alerting individuals using those lots of the anticipated congestion. Festival goers are encouraged to park in Bear Park South, or lots #22 and #24 south of Grand Street.

Spectators may purchase adult tickets for $12, student and senior citizens for $8 at the ticket office on the day of the event.  Children 5 years and younger are admitted free with an adult.

The performance schedule may be found online at https://www.missouristate.edu/band/ozarko-marching-festival.htm.

For more information, contact the University Band office at 417-836-5454 (or email: bands@missouristate.edu).